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The "I need to brag about a gear purchase" thread
Yeah, vice is something else. A few of those are nice to have, too, within reason.
Oops. Long day. OCD welcome. I bite my tongue when is seemthings like skiies or skies instead of skis so I totally get it!
Oops. Long day. OCD welcome. I bite my tongue when is seemthings like skiies or skies instead of skis so I totally get it!
Or ski's or demo's.
2017/18 Bizzard Black Pearl 88s--tested them for Pugski, loved them, used some connections to get them!
Still love them--Blizzard has taken a great ski and made it greater!! Mounted with Salmon Z12 ti bindings. Now, to get hooked up with some 2017/18 Blizzard Sheeva 10s!
Still love them--Blizzard has taken a great ski and made it greater!! Mounted with Salmon Z12 ti bindings. Now, to get hooked up with some 2017/18 Blizzard Sheeva 10s!
That's too funny!
I use two oak 4"x4"'s from my scrap wood pile. Does the job quite well for waxing, not so great for filing.
There is a Harbor Freight store by the not so local mega pet shop I go to. Holiday sale weekends coincide and I've been tempted to try the vise I suggested in post #238, as well as a thermal gun to accurately set the waxing iron's temperature. Only the inevitable happens and it goes something like this - oh, that little juvenile captive bred "designer" clownfish would be so happy with the one I already have living in a large natural host to the species sea anemone ... or, that Tridacna clam's mantle is psychedelic ... and the money burns a hole in my pocket ... vice, thermal gun, what was it I needed them for?
Oops. Long day. OCD welcome. I bite my tongue when is seemthings like skiies or skies instead of skis so I totally get it!
You work for a UK company so you're somewhat excused. We'd be incorrect to correct @fatbob though.
I can argue 'demo's' is an abbreviation of demonstrators or a similar noun.
Have you considered notching them for side-on work? You can wedge the ski into the slots with shims.
Don't forget that IR thermal guns need to be calibrated to correctly measure reflective surfaces like iron baseplates
TANK PIC THREAD!
Oh hey now, good phonetic description of how it sounds after you've bitten your tongue.Oops. Long day. OCD welcome. I bite my tongue when is seemthings like skiies or skies instead of skis so I totally get it!
"Onomatopaingg"
Oh hey now, good phonetic description of how it sounds after you've bitten your tongue.
Oy. I'm just going to go with yesterday was not a fun day.
Hair of the dog that bit me! These are the exact pair of skis I was demo'ing on May 7, 2016, when I had my little booboo. As I was writhing on the snow in pain, I told @Tricia that if these skis became available, I wanted first dibs.
At the start of the season, I asked about them. I got the impression they weren't going to be available, so I put them out of my mind. Then after SIA, I got the text - "Do you still want them?" I hemmed and hawed, but ultimately, yes! I loved these skis for the few runs I had them. And there's a bit of "get back on the horse," too. I know the skis aren't the reason I busted my knee, but I still want to prove to myself that I can ski them.
Since then, Breck has pretty much been bone dry (at least by the time the weekend rolls around), so they've just been closet candy.
At the start of the season, I asked about them. I got the impression they weren't going to be available, so I put them out of my mind. Then after SIA, I got the text - "Do you still want them?" I hemmed and hawed, but ultimately, yes! I loved these skis for the few runs I had them. And there's a bit of "get back on the horse," too. I know the skis aren't the reason I busted my knee, but I still want to prove to myself that I can ski them.
Since then, Breck has pretty much been bone dry (at least by the time the weekend rolls around), so they've just been closet candy.
You need to tell Zelda, "You're my bitch now. bitch."Hair of the dog that bit me! These are the exact pair of skis I was demo'ing on May 7, 2016, when I had my little booboo. As I was writhing on the snow in pain, I told @Tricia that if these skis became available, I wanted first dibs.
At the start of the season, I asked about them. I got the impression they weren't going to be available, so I put them out of my mind. Then after SIA, I got the text - "Do you still want them?" I hemmed and hawed, but ultimately, yes! I loved these skis for the few runs I had them. And there's a bit of "get back on the horse," too. I know the skis aren't the reason I busted my knee, but I still want to prove to myself that I can ski them.
Since then, Breck has pretty much been bone dry (at least by the time the weekend rolls around), so they've just been closet candy.
That's what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure if I should post it on the refined, exclusive society that is Pugski!
This sounds like someone's been doing rationalization Tabatas.
I don't know quite what this means, but I definitely went round and round about buying them because I did *not* need them and don't want to sell any of my other skis, either. So I won't. So there!
A Tabata is a set- duration block of workout intervals with *very* limited rest between individual peak efforts. They are quite good at building strength fast.
Obviously I felt that the above was a *strong* rationalization , not something only casual conditioning can prepare one for.
A Tabata is a set- duration block of workout intervals with *very* limited rest between individual peak efforts. They are quite good at building strength fast.
Obviously I felt that the above was a *strong* rationalization , not something only casual conditioning can prepare one for.
Funny thing - this is the motivation I kept coming back to. And it feels silly to buy a ski to prove to myself I can ski it safely, but what the hell. I've bought skis for worse reasons (graphics. twice.). And I already know that I loved skiing these.
Starting next season I completely expect you to make up for my purchasing absence
Starting next season I completely expect you to make up for my purchasing absence
I'm newly frugal. I haven't even bought any new ski gear this season except two pairs of boots and these skis and a skull cap and um ... no, but I think that's it, and those were all NECESSITIES.